The '93 Flood: Twenty Years Later

KCUR | By Matthew Long-Middleton

Published July 5, 2013 at 9:14 AM CDT

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Kenneth L. Kieser / Missouri's Great Flood of '93-- Revisiting an Epic Natural Disaster

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Kenneth L. Kieser / Missouri's Great Flood of '93-- Revisiting an Epic Natural Disaster

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Kenneth L. Kieser / Missouri's Great Flood of '93-- Revisiting an Epic Natural Disaster

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Kenneth L. Kieser / Missouri's Great Flood of '93-- Revisiting an Epic Natural Disaster

The Great Flood of 1993 absolutely battered the Midwest between April and October, with the peak occurring in July here in Kansas City. Over 50 people lost their lives in incidence connected to the flooding over the summer of 1993.

Host Monrone Dodd talks with KCUR reporter Laura Ziegler, John Grothaus, Chief of Planning and Formulation for the Army Corps of Engineers; and Kenneth Kieser, author of Missouri's Great Flood of '93.

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Matthew Long-Middleton

Matthew Long-Middleton has been a talk-show producer, community producer, Media Training Manager and now the Community Engagement Manager at KCUR. You can reach him at Matthew@kcur.org, or on Twitter @MLMIndustries.

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